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Posted on 06/05/2011 2:17:42 PM PDT by Vision
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[Philco] Vance, the man
As Van Dine described the character in the first of the novels, The Benson Murder Case:
Vance was what many would call a dilettante, but the designation does him an injustice. He was a man of unusual culture and brilliance. An aristocrat by birth and instinct, he held himself severely aloof from the common world of men. In his manner there was an indefinable contempt for inferiority of all kinds.
In the same book, Van Dine detailed Vance's physical features:
He was unusually good-looking, although his mouth was ascetic and cruel...there was a slightly derisive hauteur in the lift of his eyebrows...His forehead was full and sloping--it was the artist's, rather than the scholar's, brow. His cold grey eyes were widely spaced. His nose was straight and slender, and his chin narrow but prominent, with an unusually deep cleft...Vance was slightly under six feet, graceful, and giving the impression of sinewy strength and nervous endurance.
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The Understudy is (was) giving a strong Hepburn accent!
To quote just a bit:
"Master Pangloss taught the metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology. He could prove admirably that there is no effect without a cause, and in this best of all possible worlds the baron's castle was the most magnificent of all castles, and my lady the best of all possible baronesses.
"'It is demonstrable,' said he, 'that things cannot be otherwise than they are; for as all things have been created for some end, they must necessarily be created for the best end. Observe, for instance, the nose is formed for spectacles; therefore we wear spectacles. The legs are visibly designed for stockings; accordingly we wear stockings. Stones were made to be hewn and to construct castles; therefore my lord has a magnificent castle; for the greatest baron in the province ought to be the best lodged. Swine were intended to be eaten; therefore we eat pork all year round. And they who assert that everything is right, do not express themselves correctly; they should say that everything is best.'"
Wikiquotes reports:
These remarks of Pangloss, which are a parody of the philosophy of Gottfried Leibniz, are often quoted in summarized form as Dans ce meilleur des mondes possibles, tout est au mieux. ("In this best of all possible worlds, everything is for the best." Variant: "All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.")
Another amusing quote from Candide:
"Private misfortunes are public benefits; so that the more private misfortunes there are, the greater is the general good."
That seems to be twins with the philosophy of the beginning of our 21st century!
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I made it to the Rangers!
I can see why she's your ex.
I can't stop kicking myself for missing this one tonight. "Hinka Do." My goodness, that's a great title.
Don’t be upset. You can listen to it all week. Here is last week’s show.
“I kept a lead foot on the gas pedal.”
No one puts words together like that anymore!
Gunsmoke episodes are also available for free on several websites.
Thank you very much!
Here's another website where free Gunsmoke OTR episodes can be accessed.
Thanks! Certainly is a great form of entertainment!
Night all
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